Michele Cardinal Lega †

Deceased

Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Jan 1860		Born
13 Sep 1883	23.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Faenza, Italy
20 Oct 1908	48.8	Appointed	Dean of the Roman Rota
25 May 1914	54.3	Elevated to Cardinal
25 May 1914	54.3	Resigned	Dean of the Roman Rota
25 May 1914	54.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Eustachio
15 Dec 1914	54.9	Appointed	Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
20 Mar 1920	60.2	Appointed	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments
18 Dec 1924	64.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Eustachio
21 Jun 1926	66.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
11 Jul 1926	66.5	Ordained Bishop	Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
16 Dec 1935	75.9	Died	Prefect of the Congregation of the Discipline of the Sacraments

MicroData Summary for Michele Lega
(VIAF: 33156868; WikiData: Q734642)
Michele Cardinal Lega (born 1 Jan 1860, died 16 Dec 1935) Prefect of Discipline of the Sacraments

Consistory - 1914: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 1914: Participated
Conclave - 1922: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Brisighella

a priest for 52.2 years
a bishop for 9.4 years
a cardinal for 21.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Pius XI
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Carlo Cremonesi †
Titular Archbishop of Nicomedia
Bishop Agostino Zampini, O.E.S.A. †
Titular Bishop of Porphyreon

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Pius XI (1919)
(Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti †)
Archbishop Aleksander Kakowski † (1913)
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}
Bishop Stanisław Kazimierz Zdzitowiecki † (1902)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Bishop Jerzy Józef Elizeusz Szembek † (1901)
Bishop of Płock
Archbishop Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski † (1897)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Mieczyslaw Leonard Pallulon † (1883)
Bishop of Žemaičiai (Samogizia o Tels; Żmudź)
Bishop Szymon Marcin Kozłowski † (1883)
Bishop of Lutsk, Zhytomyr, and Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Łuck, Zytomierz, and Kamienec)
Bishop Aleksander Kazimierz Bereśniewicz † (1859)
Bishop of Włocławek (Kujawy, Kalisze)
Archbishop Wacław Żyliński † (1848)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Kazimierz Roch Dmochowski † (1841)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Archbishop Ignacy Ludwik Pawłowski † (1829)
Archbishop of Mohilev
Bishop Michał Piwnicki † (1827)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Franciszek Borgiasz Mackiewicz † (1817)
Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi (Kamieniec)
Bishop Kasper Kazimierz Kolumna Cieciszowski † (1775)
Bishop of Lutsk and Zhytomyr (Łuck and Zytomierz)
Bishop Andrzej Mikołaj Stanisław Kostka Młodziejewski † (1767)
Bishop of Poznań
Archbishop Władysław Aleksander Łubieński † (1758)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Adam Ignacy Komorowski † (1749)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Andrzej Stanisław Załuski † (1724)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Felicjan Konstanty Szaniawski † (1707)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Stanisław Szembek † (1690)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Jan Małachowski † (1677)
Bishop of Kraków
Bishop Bonawentura Dobrogost Madaliński † (1672)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Jan Gembicki † (1653)
Bishop of Płock
Bishop Piotr Gembicki † (1637)
Bishop of Kraków
Archbishop Jan Wężyk † (1620)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Archbishop Wawrzyniec Gembicki † (1601)
Archbishop of Gniezno
Bishop Claudio Rangoni † (1593)
Bishop of Reggio Emilia
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Brisighella

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1926, Number 45

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